The community health education theory (CHET) in conducting population health research is the Social Cognitive Theory (SCT). Community health education is any combination of learning experiences designed to help individuals and communities improve their health, by increasing their knowledge or influencing their attitudes. The idea behind SCT appealed many public health practitioners in many shapes […]
Social network analysis is a potentially useful reflective tool for public health practitioners to assess the overall composition of their networks; strengthen collaborations with other community partners, and evaluate network function. One of the natures of the relationship among individuals, their environments and health behaviors is the behavior exercise. The Transtheoretical Model (TTM) is identified as a comprehensive model for behavior exercise. In the TTM, […]
The social cognitive theory (SCT) is a type of interpersonal level approach that describes active and continues way of learning by observing others. It is grounded by many assumptions (Boston University School of Public Health, n.d.). I believed an environmental and interventional approach can be used to tackle the problem of waste scattering; it is […]
Environmental hazards are problems to our environment. Plastic and polythene waste products bring about continues environment pollution. Unfortunately, many developing countries have not looked at effective environmental policies regarding land pollution, particularly plastic and polythene waste. Plastic is a polymeric material—that is, a material whose molecules are very large, often resembling long chains made up […]
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (n.d.), Pertussis is a respiratory infection that is commonly known as whooping cough, transmissible disease caused by a type of bacteria called Bordetella pertussis. Additionally, pertussis infection is a very contagious disease only found in humans that spread from person to person. Coughing and sneezing usually […]
Morbidity and mortality are broad subjects consisting of many parts that make the whole. As survival rates improve with modernization and populations age, mortality measures do not give an adequate picture of a population’s health status. Indicators of morbidity such as the prevalence of chronic diseases and disabilities become more important (John Hopkins School of […]
According to the research approach, Bradbury-Jones, et al. (2014) proposed a five-point typology on the levels of theoretical visibility, testing this against a range of published research from five key international health, medicine, and social science journals. The typology captures a range of visibility–from seemingly absent-through to highly visible and applied throughout. There was a […]
The concept of entrepreneurship in public health is beyond the idea of understanding how to successfully operate business. Business skills in public health may seemed relatively new in public health industry. At the same time, I believed public health leaders should be required to learn new skills to deal with technological advances and keep pace […]
Have you ever let a piece of fruit grow moldy in your refrigerator, simply because you forgot it was there? Have you ever thrown away a can of soup because it was past the “best by” date stamped on the label? Did you ever wonder what happens to all of the produce in the supermarket […]
I think it is important to look at the availability of drinkable water. There can be available water, but the question is whether the water is safe from external or internal contaminants. Over the past several decades, human health protection for chemical contaminants in drinking water has been accomplished by the development of chemical-specific standards […]
